Berlin 1939:
Ted McDowell is a foreign correspondent whose former love for the German capital has turned sour since he has seen what the Nazis have done to it. One day, he treats a half-starved Jewish woman to lunch. He little realizes that this small act of kindness will change his life beyond recognition.

Berlin 1939:
Rachel Löwenthal is a Jewess struggling to support herself and her ailing mother. When she goes into a café to try to sell some trinkets and an English journalist treats her to lunch neither of them realizes that this small act of kindness will change both their lives beyond recognition.